John Jakes's North and South Trilogy, Kent Family
Chronicles, and Three Other Titles Now Available as Ebooks from Open Road
Integrated Media

"The
godfather of historical novelists." —The Los Angeles
Times

Today marks Open Road Integrated Media’s ebook publication of fourteen titles by celebrated author John
Jakes, including his well-loved sagas—the North and South Trilogy and the Kent
Family Chronicles.

Jakes's acclaimed North and South Trilogy is a
sweeping saga about a friendship threatened by the divisions of the Civil
War.North
and Southbegins in the years leading up to the Civil War: Orry
Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania forge a lasting bond
while training at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Together
they fight in the Mexican-American War, but their closeness is tested as their
regional politics diverge. As the first rounds are fired at Fort Sumter, Orry
and George find themselves on different sides of the coming struggle. In
Love and War, the Main and Hazard families clash on and off
the Civil War’s battlefields as they grapple with the violent realities of a
divided nation. Finally, Heaven and Hell brings the battle between
the Mains and Hazards—and Confederate and Union armies—to a brilliantly
satisfying end. In the series’ epic conclusion, Jakes expertly blends
personal conflict with historical events,crafting a haunting page-turner about
America’s constant change and unyielding hope.

The
eight-volume Kent Family Chronicles begins with The Bastard, as
one man’s quest for his destiny leads him to the New World and into the
heart of the American Revolution.Phillipe Charboneau is the
illegitimate son and unrecognized heir of the Duke of Kentland. Upon the Duke’s
death, Phillipe is denied his birthright and left to build a life of his own.
Seeking all that the New World promises, he leaves London for America, shedding
his past and preparing for the future by changing his name to Philip Kent. He
arrives at the brink of the American Revolution, which tests his allegiances in
ways he never imagined. The first volume of John Jakes’s wildly successful and
highly addictive Kent Family Chronicles, The Bastard is a triumph of
historical fiction. In The Rebels, the rousing Kent family
saga continues as Philip Kent fights for his new country alongside the greatest
figures of the Revolutionary War. The Seekers is set against the
backdrop of the harsh and unforgiving American frontier, as Abraham Kent seeks
to build a life and identity of his own.Opening
twenty-two years after the events of The Seekers, John Jakes’s fourth
Kent Family novel—The Furies—spans the blood-soaked era of
America’s relentless expansion into the West, and its first heroine takes
center stage in the relentless struggle to build the family dynasty. In
The Titans, the
members of the Kent family’s most dynamic generation face internal clashes as
the Civil War ignites. Book six, The Warriors, blends the
Kents’ ruthless push for an empire with murderous betrayal and the Civil War’s
life-altering culmination. In a flourishing post–Civil War America, the Kent
family seizes good fortune again in The Lawless—until all is
suddenly threatened by one woman’s return. Finally, in The
Americans—the definitive volume in Jakes’s bestselling series—we
find the Kent family reaching to finally embrace its legacy and its
future.

In addition to the two series,
Open Road Media is also releasing ebook editions of Jakes's other historical
fiction, including The Bold Frontier, California Gold, and
Homeland. On July 31, three works of Sword & Sorcery by John Jakes
will join his Open Road Media ebook collection.

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